I worked for the Social Security Administration and lived in Boston from 1975-79. Graduated from NYU School of Social Work in 1981. I worked at Downstate Hospital from 1981-1987, first on a medical unit and then for four years in inpatient psychiatry. I served as a primary and family therapist and trained psychiatry residents and psychology interns and fellows regarding family treatment. I then spent 7 years as the team leader on a psychiatric mobile crisis unit, doing in-home assessments, hospitalizations and referrals. Ran a transitional homeless unit at Bellevue Hospital from 1994-97. My favorite job was with the NYC Department of Mental Health from 1997-2004, overseeing Assisted Outpatient Therapy teams and performing disaster response (sudden death situations, building collapses, airline crashes, NYC subway bombing, anthrax response and World Trade Tower incidents in 1993 and 2001. Following that I ran programs involved with Alternatives To Incarceration, outreach services to elderly, Director of Health/Mental Health for the American Red Cross NYC and Mandated Treatment for the chronically mentally ill. Exciting career followed by retirement in late 2017.